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Police say driver inattention was to blame in a crash involving a car and a light-rail train Wednesday afternoon in downtown Phoenix.

The driver, a 22-year-old Phoenix man, had turned the wrong way onto a one-way portion of Central Avenue when his car was hit by an oncoming light-rail train, according to Phoenix police.

A police spokesman said the driver simply wasn't paying attention when he turned from Van Buren Street south onto Central, where Central is a one-way street going north. The northbound light-rail train hit the car at around 3:25 p.m., the spokesman said.

No injuries were reported, and the accident had been cleared by 3:50 p.m. Area light-rail service was up and running as of 4 p.m.